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HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONWe Stand First for Efficient ParenthoodS'WE STAND NEXT FOB CO-OPERATION WITH THE 3CHOOL 'BABY WALK SATURDAY,JUNE 8TH, 3.30canning and drying by means of classes held... in the public schools. Still larger numbers of women were reached by means of 850 lectures and dem-Assemble at school and parade on Main street to Mrs. “Ned” Ogden’s residence, where lemonade will be served.Xny mother and fly~ young1-childonstrations given under school auspices. It was also reported that in , the domestic science classes of thfe regular schools 2,200 lessons in canning and drying were given to theunder school age are eligible for po- pupils and over 4,000 cooking lessonssition in (he procession.It is all to be informal and pleasant.Decorate your baby or carriage if yOu want to, but it is not necessary. Decoration will be nice, and add to the effectiveness of the parade, but he sure to walk and do not go to bother if it will he a bother to decorate.•The idea is that mothers will walk because they believe that babies should be importantly considered this baby week, and every other week.Mrs. Ogden has been most hospitable inviting us all to rest and refreshment at’ the end of the short walk. It is very short purposely.Mothers, gather up your babies and come to the school building in time to start by 3.30.)NOTICE.There will he a meeting of the mothers of children in tht kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades next WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 12, 3.30, outdoors in case of good weather.We have planned a pleasant afternoon under the trees with somethingcool to drink. The subject for discussion Is Truth-Telling. Why childrentell lies, the kind of lies, training for overcoming them, et^. Maybe you will find hits of information to help in your own particular difficulties of this sort. It’s a problem every mother is concerned about.Program is in charge of Mrs. Mld-dlebrook and Mrs. Diefenthaler. This mothers’ meeting is the last for the grades until fall. Won't the mothers of little school folks come and close enthusiastically? Mrs. Middlebrook has had two rainy afternoons since she has held the presidency for the grade division and we want this last afternoon to be good in compensation for her had weather luck. All the restabout her meetings has bcCn fine.• •Mothers, please keep the date and day in mind, June 12—Wednesday— 3.30.Junior Red Cross Special Exercises.Next Wednesday morning, June 12th,at 8.30, in the auditorium. The girls „ho havo earned the required State lthR,r owp coml711lnitl08 or th‘roUKll reK-in the use of “war tiipe cooking.” Every school and eVery teacher taking part In this wflrk can feel that they have given substantial aid in winning the war. - Jl|Every School Kitchen Is Needed Thii Year—An Idle Kitchen Is a Spiked Onn. .Every school that has a kitchen should USE it. This is no time lor closed kitchens or IDLE equipment. After regular class hours and during the summer all kitchens should.bp Jn service as places for instruction or places for production. .Last year forty *(40) districts kept school kitchens open during a part of the summer. There are 483 school districts in the State. Every one of these districts should operate at least one42 conservation center during the can- * ning season. A complete cooking equipment 1b not necessary for thin work. Cold pack canning requires few utensils. A stove and a wash-boiler are the principal Items.Wherever a Board of Education regularly employes a teacher of domestic science she should be used to give Instruction in canning and drying during the summer if possible. If the Board of Education does not have regularuteacher of domestic science a woman can frequently be obtained from the Farm Demonstration Bureau of the Stale Department of Agriculture to givp demonstrations in canning and drying. If such a woman Is not obtainable some competent housewife In the neighborhood can often be Induced to give the necessary Instruction. In any case the school building in the natural center for this instruction and should be used to its full capacity for that purpose.There Is Need of More Production,Wherever possible school kitchens should be organized for production on a large scale. Fruit and vegetables In enormous quantities will be needed this coming winter. Commercial can-tneries cannot supply the demand. There need of utilizing every available agency for this purpose. Schools which do not market their product incredits (300) according to the club plan, will havo finished the first year’s work in war serving.* Five reports on war activities of the girls as a group will he given byplay Walters, Marlow Morton, Helen Sayre, Miss Carr and Miss Helen Muchmore.. Roll call will be answered by each girl reporting her credits, the number of them, and what for. This will he interesting to all pupils and visitors. Parents and anybody free so early inular channels can be assured that It is needed by the hostess house and recreation centres established at the cantonments, the army hospitals andthe Red Cross.The Extended Use of School Kitchens Should be Made PermanentLast year this work was generally regarded as an emergency measure which would help relieve the threatened food shortage of one winter. We are now facing the facts of a LONG(he morning, do go and sec what a fine C0NTINUED F0OD SHORTAGE. The time thc childrcn have in chapel at the he]p Qf (Wb ■ ^ k,tcheM wl„ beopening session and this time needed as iong as we are at war and will be doubly rewarded. Ttae*Rcv-jfor snm(1 y(JarR thereafter_ We hayeteaerend Guy Emery Shlpler will speak. The girls asked to have him for the speaker of the morning.And the songs of the children will dig you out ofyour sordid self, if you are such a self, and if you are a happy person you’ll he brightened for having gone.Letter from Commissioner Kendall.We print below, because We think It interesting, and fit, a message from the State Department of Education.STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Trenton. May 10, 1918. To Superintendents, Supervising Principals, and Boards of Education: New Jersey schools have reason to be proud of last year’s record In food conservation. According to reports which have come into this office, the work done through the co-operation of the school authorities of the State resulted in approximately 60,000 jars of fruit and vegetables. More than 3,500 housewives were given Instruction Inonly begun to realize the part which our schools should take in this means of defense. Last year’s returns have already shown the school kitchens to he an asset which we cannot afford toneglect. School officials should now§prepare to take this work off Its emergency footing and put It on a more pei%ianent basis.The Schools Should Co-operate wl(fc Local Organizations.Last summer the work of conse0tion was carried on not only by the0schools alone but by the schools cooperating with local organizations such as women’s clubs, citizens' committees and the Farm Demonstration Bureau. In some Instances theBe organizations supplied workers and funds while the Board of Education authorized the use of school kitchens. In other cases the schools assumed full responsibility for carrying on the work. The method of procedure will probably not be the same in any two communities. The first step In this direction is to organize the schools for active and permanent service.4 CALVIN N. KENDALL, Commissioner of Education.»
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Chatham Press
Chatham, New Jersey, US
Sat, Jun 08, 1918
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